Saturday, October 14, 2017

Fossil Hybrid Women’s Watch – Review

When I saw ads of the newly launched Fossil Q Hybrid series back in May-June, I loved the whole concept of a watch that looks
like the good old analog but has features of the new-age smart watch. I told my
husband jokingly to gift me this watch. Little did I know he’d actually do it! I mean it’s kind of expensive at Rs.13k something and I wasn’t celebrating any
milestone birthday or anything.

He ordered it on Amazon and it was
delivered a couple of days before d-day. The bracelet was a li’l too loose for
me, and I found it difficult to get that fixed because I did not want to go to
any random watch guy as I was scared the warranty will be void and the Fossil
store closest to me didn’t have services after 6pm and I don’t leave work as

soon.

Finally after my birthday, I went during my
lunch break and got the bracelet adjusted to my size so that I could start
wearing it. A lot of people have seen it and asked me if it’s worth buying, how
it works as a smart watch when it looks so normal…so I decided to do a review
on the blog.

1.Aesthetics

Goes so well with my clutch-diary for meetings!

The watch is a gorgeous
rose gold shade with a diamond studded round dial and diamond studded roman
numbers inside. The bracelet already has scratches due to normal wear and tear
like when I rest my hand while typing or writing, but that’s normal. The watch
weights a lot more than a normal analog Fossil watch, due to the hidden
mechanism to make it a smart watch. It will feel heavy on day 1 and then you
get used to it.

2.Setting it up

Setting it up is easy,
especially if you’ve used other smart watches. You need to first install the
Fossil Q app on your smartphone and then pair the watch using Bluetooth. You
can then set-up and customize as per your needs. The only flaw here for me was
the sync time, it’s too slow…it can take minutes to sync or update changes. And
what happens is that the phone sleeps before that, and on waking you need to
start the sync again – so basically you need to keep the screen awake anyhow
till the sync is done.

3.Key features

The hybrid has 3 buttons
which you can customize and set-up according to your preference. You can use
these buttons to control music, click a picture, show the date, track goals and
more. I use the camera, music and date features. You can also turn on
notifications for calls, apps etc which basically make the watch vibrate. The
more notifications you turn on, the more battery is consumed. I don’t like to
be bothered by constant watch notifications, so I have it on only for calls,
coz my phone is mostly on silent mode and I used to end up missing a lot of
calls. (In the picture above we took this pic by keeping the camera and clicking a pic using the watch button).

What makes it special and
why I love it –

Once you set a fitness
goal, for instance 10k steps a day, and you meet the goal – it will vibrate
thrice to inform you that you met your goal – it feels great to know that. I
wish though they also had a notification when you have not met goals, to
encourage you to push yourself. They also have a sleep tracker to tell you how
much you slept, but I don’t use that because I remove the watch before
sleeping. The most amazing thing though is unlike other smartwatches or fitness
bands, you DO NOT have to charge this one daily/weekly/frequently.

The battery
lasts upto 1 year (depending upon your usage) and then you can visit your
nearest store for a battery replacement, I am not sure if that is a free or
chargeable service. After using it for 3 months my watch battery is at 70%
(Indicated on my iPhone), so I am assuming it will last for 7 months more
meaning 10 months in total. Also, it is water resistant (yes you can swim with
it on) and you can also ring your phone to find where it is (for the endless
times we don’t remember where we have kept it). It also has interchangeable
strap facility, which I have not used yet as well.

literally just got the new apple watch not too long ago so i won't be buying another smart watch anytime soon but definitely will share this with my friends in the market for one. thank you for sharing!best smartwatch under 5000